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CAESAR'S OPERATIONS IN EGYPT, ASIA, AFRICA, AND SPAIN.
Pompey, in his flight from Pharsalia, hastened by the shortest way to the sea, and, seeing a vessel weighing anchor, embarked with a few companions who had accompanied him in his flight.

He went to Mitylene, and from there to Egypt, hoping to obtain an asylum with the young PTOLEMY; but he was seized upon his arrival, and beheaded, 28 September, 48.
Just before his death Pompey had completed his fifty-eighth year.
"Though he had some great and good qualities, he hardly deserved the surname of GREAT.

He was certainly a good soldier, and is said to have excelled in all athletic sports, but he fell short of being a first-class general.

He won great successes in Spain, and more especially in the East; but for these he was, no doubt, partly indebted to what others had already done.